The Battle of Jangsari

For the Korean War battles, see Battle of Jangsari.

The Battle of Jangsari
Official poster
Directed byKwak Kyung-taek
Kim Tae-hoon
Written byLee Man-Hee
Jung Tae-won
Produced byKim Sung-mi
Kim Dong-won
Jung Tae-won
Starring
CinematographyKim Sung-hwan
Production
companies
Taewon Entertainment
Film 295
Finecut
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • September 25, 2019 (2019-09-25)
Running time
103 minutes[1]
CountrySouth Korea
LanguagesKorean
English
Box office$7.8 million[2][3]

The Battle of Jangsari (Korean: 장사리: 잊혀진 영웅들; RR: Jangsari: Icheojin Yeongungdeul; lit. Jangsari: Forgotten Heroes) is a 2019 South Korean action-war film[4] co-directed by Kwak Kyung-taek and Kim Tae-hoon, starring Kim Myung-min, Megan Fox, and Choi Min-ho in the lead roles.[5]

The second installment in a trilogy following Operation Chromite, the film depicts the September 14–15, 1950 Battle of Jangsari and tells the true story of the 'Independent 1st Guerrilla Battalion' (estimated strength: 718-772) of student volunteer soldiers led by ROK Army officers, including Captain Lee Myung-heum), who staged a small diversionary operation at Jangsari beach in Yeongdeok.

The main mission was to block the supply route and therefore to achieve disruption of the North Korean Army around the Pusan Perimeter by hit-and-run tactics[6] and the secondary mission was a diversion to draw the North Korean Army's attention, to facilitate the success of the Incheon landing.

Megan Fox plays the role of Maggie, an American reporter and war correspondent for the New York Herald Tribune, who covered the Korean War and called on the international community for assistance. Kim Myung-min plays a guerrilla task force commander while Choi Min-ho plays a low-ranking soldier. George Eads plays the leader of the landing operation.[7][8] The film was released theatrically in South Korea on 25 September 2019 and in the U.S. on 4 October 2019.

  1. ^ "[국내영화] 장사리 : 잊혀진 영웅들". Korea Media Rating Board.
  2. ^ "The Battle of Jangsari (2019)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
  3. ^ "The Battle of Jangsari (2019)". The Numbers. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
  4. ^ "Battle of Jangsari". Taewon Entertainment. Archived from the original on October 17, 2020. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
  5. ^ "Korean Film 'Jangsari' Starring Megan Fox to be Released by WellGo USA". Variety. September 11, 2019.
  6. ^ Action Report - Operation 174 from National Archives of Korea
  7. ^ "Megan Fox to Appear in Korean War Movie 'Jangsa-ri'". Variety. September 12, 2018.
  8. ^ "'CSI' Veteran George Eads to Star in Korean War Movie 'Jangsari 9.15'". Variety. January 9, 2019.